Study it in the app“And when I heard these words, I sat down and wept and mourned for days; and I was fasting and praying before the Elohim of the heavens.”
And when I heardוַיְהִי כְּשָׁמְעִיtheseהָאֵלֶּהwords,הַדְּבָרִיםI sat downיָשַׁבְתִּיand weptוָאֶבְכֶּהand mournedוָאֶתְאַבְּלָהfor days;יָמִיםand I wasוָאֱהִיfastingצָםand prayingוּמִתְפַּלֵּלbeforeלִפְנֵיthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof the heavens.הַשָּׁמָיִם
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shami” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appearssit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yashavti” appearsweep
Weep, cry; mourn for someone.
Where else “evke” appearsmourn
Mourn, grieve for the dead.
Where else “etabla” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appearsfast
Fast: go without food for a time, as a sign of grief or to seek God.
Where else “tsam” appearspray
To talk with God, often asking for others.
Where else “mitpalel” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsheaven
God's dwelling, from which he is called "the Elohim of the heavens".
Where else “shamayim” appears3And they said to me, “Those who remain, who have been left from the captivity there in the province, are in great trouble and in reproach; and the wall of Jerusalem is full of breaches, and its gates have been set on fire.”
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5And I said, “I beg you, YHWH, the Elohim of the heavens, the great and fearsome El, who keeps the covenant and loyal love for those who love him and for those who keep his commandments,
